DNA testing for dog poop on the rise in Seattle

SEATTLE Frustrated with dog owners who refuse to clean up after their pets, an increasing number of apartments in Seattle are opting to use DNA testing to identify the culprits.

The Seattle Times reports that a company called BioPet Vet Lab from Knoxville, Tennessee, is providing its PooPrints testing kits to 26 apartment and condo complexes and homeowners associations in the region.

BioPet says in the past five years, the DNA test has been used in nearly 1,000 places around the U.S., and it is especially popular in Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles and other large cities.

Erin Atkinson, property manager at Potala Village Apartments in Everett, says that since February 2014, tenants have been paying $59.95 for DNA testing plus $50 to the complex for the hassle of collecting the sample. One person was fined five times in one week, she said. Thats over $500. Now people clean up after their dogs.

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DNA testing for dog poop on the rise in Seattle